Pyotra Krecheuski (, Łacinka: Piotra Krečeŭski, ; August 7, 1879 – March 8, 1928, Prague) was a Belarusian statesman and president of the

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of the

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in exile. Before the First World War he worked as a teacher in Jałówka near

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. He was delegate at the First All-Belarusian Congress in 1917 and member of the

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of the

. In December 1919 Krecheuski was elected President of the Council of the Belarusian Republic and served on this post till his death. In exile in

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since 1919, he organized active information campaigns for Western governments about the current states of

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and West Belarus. He organized a conference of Belarusian emigrant organizations in September 1921 that criticized the Polish-Bolshevist

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that divided Belarus in two parts. Krecheuski convinced the Czechoslovak government to give grants for Belarusian students. He created the Belarusian archive in Prague and published the politological almanac ''Zamiežnaja Biełaruś''.

Works

* Беларусь у мінулам і сучаснам (нарыс географічнага, гістарычнага і эканамічнага доследу) // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі / Пад рэд. П. А. Крэчэўскага. Кн. 1. Прага: Выд-ва імяні Ф. Скарыны, 1926. C. 31–77. 'Belarus in the Past and Present (Project of a Historical and Economic Study)'' * Гісторыя беларускай кнігі // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. С. 99–116. 'History of the Belarusian Book'' *Мандаты Б Н. Р. // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. C. 121–139. 'Mandates of the Belarusian Democratic Republic'' *Скарына і незалежнасьць // Замежная Беларусь: зборнік гісторыі, культуры і эканомікі. С. 7–16. Skaryna and Independence''">Francysk_Skaryna.html" ;"title="'Francysk Skaryna">Skaryna and Independence'' *Рагнеда: Гіст. драма Х ст. у 4 актах з пралогам // Спадчына. 1993. №3. С.16–30 [''Rahnieda'', a drama in four parts].

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PIOTRA KRECHEUSKI
on Belarus-misc.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Krecheuski, Pyotra 1879 births 1928 deaths People from Masty district People from Grodnensky Uyezd Belarusian Socialist Assembly politicians Members of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic Belarusian expatriates in the Czech Republic Burials at Olšany Cemetery